Young NRI techie from Mangaluru killed in road accident in Saudi Arabia

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September 15, 2025

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Mangaluru, Sept 15: A youth from Dakshina Kannada district, lost his life in a tragic road accident in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, September 14, evening when two buses collided.

The deceased has been identified as Abdul Razik (27), son of Mohammad from Millath Nagar in Ullal near Mangaluru. 

Razik, who was working in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, was on his way to his night shift duty when the bus he was travelling in met with a fatal collision. He sustained grievous injuries and died on the spot.

Razik had completed his civil engineering studies before moving abroad in search of employment. He was working with Politech Company in Jubail. Just a month ago, he had returned to Saudi Arabia after spending time with his family in Ullal between July 11 and August 15.

The tragedy has cast a deep shadow over the family, which had already endured the loss of a son and a daughter to illness in earlier years. Razik was the youngest child of Mohammad. He is survived by his parents, three sisters, and one brother.

The news of his death has plunged Millath Nagar into mourning, with friends and relatives remembering him as a hardworking and soft-spoken young man whose life ended far too soon.

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November 28,2025

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Mangaluru, Nov 28: Karnataka Health Minister and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday handed over Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the severe distress faced by farmers due to crashing crop prices.

PM Modi arrived at the Mangaluru International Airport en route to Udupi, where Gundu Rao welcomed him and submitted the letter. The chief minister’s message stressed that farmers are suffering heavy losses because maize and green gram are being bought far below the Minimum Support Price (MSP). The state urged the Centre to immediately begin procurement at MSP.

According to the letter, Karnataka has a bumper harvest this year—over 54.74 lakh metric tons of maize and 1.98 lakh metric tons of green gram—yet farmers are unable to secure fair prices. Against the MSP of ₹2,400/MT for maize and ₹8,768/MT for green gram, market rates have plunged to ₹1,600–₹1,800 and ₹5,400 respectively.

The chief minister has requested the Centre to:

• Direct NAFED, FCI and NCCF to start MSP procurement immediately.
• Ensure ethanol units purchase maize directly from farmers or FPOs.
• Increase Karnataka’s ethanol allocation, citing high production capacity.
• Stop maize imports, which have depressed domestic prices.
• Relax quality norms for green gram, allowing up to 10% discoloration due to rains.

The letter stresses that MSP is crucial for farmer dignity and income stability and calls for swift central intervention to prevent a deepening crisis.

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